The Birth of Jesus Christ is a miracle. The Virgin Birth. But Mary - Mother of Jesus and Joseph, the father had to go through a lot of struggle when Jesus was about to be born. They could not find any Inn or a place for the delivery. They traveled through lots of places and found no place for the baby Jesus, finally they laid down on a manger.
There are some valuable and important aspects of learning on the birth of Jesus Christ. God chose Jesus to be born of this family (Phil 2), this shows his humility, obedience and acceptance of God's command. Mary was obedient to the God's instruction, Joseph also obeyed the God's command which was in the dream.
This Jesus said when one of the scribe came and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go....
18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea. 19 Then a scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.
The restlessness and frustration of life has caused many to say that the things that happen to them are injustice, the things that they won't deserve. But the very fact of life in itself is a gift from God, who are we to say what we need to get and what we should go through, but to praise him forever for who he his, for what he has done on the cross.
Luke 2New International Version (NIV)
The Birth of Jesus
2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.
4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.
There are some valuable and important aspects of learning on the birth of Jesus Christ. God chose Jesus to be born of this family (Phil 2), this shows his humility, obedience and acceptance of God's command. Mary was obedient to the God's instruction, Joseph also obeyed the God's command which was in the dream.
Matthew 8:20New American Standard Bible (NASB)
20 Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the [a]air have[b]nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
The rejection at the doors of the people, probably this could have led Jesus to say “The foxes have holes and the birds of the [a]air have[b]nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”This Jesus said when one of the scribe came and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go....
18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea. 19 Then a scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.
The restlessness and frustration of life has caused many to say that the things that happen to them are injustice, the things that they won't deserve. But the very fact of life in itself is a gift from God, who are we to say what we need to get and what we should go through, but to praise him forever for who he his, for what he has done on the cross.
1 Peter 3:18-22New American Standard Bible (NASB)
18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the [a]spirit; 19 in [b]which also He went and made proclamation to the spiritsnow in prison, 20 who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the [c]water.21 Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God [d]for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.
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